Henry mesinger and frederick mesinger



(No Model.)

' EL 81; .F. MESINGER .BI'GYGLE SADDLE. No. 543,260. Patented July 23,1895.

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extreme front end with an upwardly-extend NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HENRY MESINGER AND FREDERICK MESINGER, OFNEW YORK, N. Y.

BICYCLE-SADDLE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters l atent No. 543,260, dated July 23, 1895. Application filed February 8, 1895. $eria1No.537,695| (No model.)

To all roll/0m it may concern.-

Be it known that we, HENRY MESINGER and- FREDERICK MESINGER, of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and- Improved Bicycle-Saddle, of which the following is a-full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to providea new and improved bicycle-saddle which is comparatively simple and durable in construction, can be cheaply manufactured, and

v is arranged to give perfect comfort to the rider.

The invention consists in a saddle having a saddle-bar provided at its front part with a pin or screw-and at its rear part with'a cantle-plate, and a rattan seat composed of lengitndinal and transverse strips, the longitudinal strips being secured at their rear ends to the cantle-plate and having their forward portions looped around said screw or pin.

The invention also consists of certain parts and details and combinations of the same, as

will be fully described hereinaftenand-then pointed out in the claims. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improvement with parts in section. Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view of the same with part of the seat omitted, and Fig. 3 is a rear end view of the improvement.

The improved bicycle-saddle is provided with a longitudinally-extending bar A, curved near the rear end to engage a clamp B, secured on the saddle-post C. 0n the rear end' of the bar A is secured by a bolt D the curved" in the form of open network, while the front end is closely woven, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The front ends of the longitudinal strips of this rattan seatF are passed around and thereby fastened by, a screw, pin, or other similar device G to the front end of the bar A, and the latter is provided at its ing pommel projection A, over which pass the longitudinal strips of the seat before reaching the fastening-point at the screw G.

As indicated in Fig. 2, the sides of the seat are curved inwardly from the rear end to the front, so that the desired shape is given to the saddle. verse rattan strips are bound in over a wire H, extending from one end of the cantleplate E around the front end of the bar A, to terminate at the other end of the said can: tie-plate. Abinding I, of leather or other suitable material, is arranged'on the sides of the seat, inclosing the said wire H, as well as the edges of the rattan seat, as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 1 and 2.

In order to give the necessary curved trans verse section to the seat and to retain the same, a binding-bandJ of rattan or other suitable material is provided, the said band engaging the bound-in sides of the seat F and then extending under the bar A, as plainly indicated in Figs. 1 and2.

Now, it will be seen that by the arrangement The side edges of the transdescribed a yielding seat is provided, and at very durable, and sufficiently elastic to give the desired comfort to the rider.

The longitudinal bar A, as well as the cantle-plate E, are preferably made of wood; but other suitable material may be employed. The rear square end of the bar A is preferably let into the bottom of the cantle-plate, as indicated in Fig. 3.

The longitudinal rattan strands of the sad-- dle pass around the screw G, and hence a stretching of the said strands and that of the saddle is not liable to take place, and by the said screw any slack in the saddle can be taken upby placing washers between th strands and the end of the bar A. p

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Let.- ters Patent- 1. A bicycle saddle comprisinga longitudinal saddle bar, a transverse cantle plate secured to the rear end thereof, a pin arranged at the forward end of said bar, and a rattan seat composed of transverse and longitudinal strips, the longitudinal strips being secured It will further be seen at their rear ends to the cantle-plate and havin g their forward ends converging and looped secured at their rear ends to the cantle plate, and having their forward ends converged around the pom mel at the front end of the saddle bar and loo'ped around said pin, substanr5 tially as set forth.

HENRY MESINGER.

FREDERICK MESINGER.

Witnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, O. SEDeWIeK. 

